NickiR.
@slipperboots.bsky.social
Former computer programmer, software tester, teacher. Current cat lady. Always a writer. She/her.
Controversial…but they are Cornish. 🤔🤷♀️
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Controversial…but they are Cornish. 🤔🤷♀️
When you’ve been prepping an animation and randomly find “expressive” eyebrows…then remember you already cut one pair out before realising they’d flip so didn’t need the second set.
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
When you’ve been prepping an animation and randomly find “expressive” eyebrows…then remember you already cut one pair out before realising they’d flip so didn’t need the second set.
Honestly, he would be warmer upstairs…
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Honestly, he would be warmer upstairs…
Someone thinks my stop-motion animation should be a creature feature. 🤦♀️
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Someone thinks my stop-motion animation should be a creature feature. 🤦♀️
I mean, yeah, I did think some of them were kinda easy.
Behold the power of growing up as a reader….
Behold the power of growing up as a reader….
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I mean, yeah, I did think some of them were kinda easy.
Behold the power of growing up as a reader….
Behold the power of growing up as a reader….
Not many left… soz…
Salt and vinegar tho.
Salt and vinegar tho.
August 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not many left… soz…
Salt and vinegar tho.
Salt and vinegar tho.
Did you used to be James Redmond? 🤔
July 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Did you used to be James Redmond? 🤔
Occasionally, a spring clean will throw up something that is less than ideal… like these “worry dolls” that my mother gave me when I was younger… so I could tell *them* my worries instead of telling her… they’re finally going in the bin.
June 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Occasionally, a spring clean will throw up something that is less than ideal… like these “worry dolls” that my mother gave me when I was younger… so I could tell *them* my worries instead of telling her… they’re finally going in the bin.
I’ve been removing the fur from my cat’s clingy blanket (using rubber broom with scraper on left of picture). Occurred to me that I could put the fur out for nest material but, given there’s still a partially eaten sparrow on the back grass, that might be considered tactless.
May 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’ve been removing the fur from my cat’s clingy blanket (using rubber broom with scraper on left of picture). Occurred to me that I could put the fur out for nest material but, given there’s still a partially eaten sparrow on the back grass, that might be considered tactless.
Same… makes ALT text easier tho 🤭
May 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Same… makes ALT text easier tho 🤭
One of my sister-in-law’s new kittens.
May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
One of my sister-in-law’s new kittens.
Evidence of the “ADHD tax” uncovered while spring cleaning. I knew I had 2 of them… no idea I had 3… 🤦♀️😭
May 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Evidence of the “ADHD tax” uncovered while spring cleaning. I knew I had 2 of them… no idea I had 3… 🤦♀️😭
Badly photographed (but delicious) Indian-style afternoon tea at Realitea in Ripon.
5 star, would recommend.
5 star, would recommend.
May 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Badly photographed (but delicious) Indian-style afternoon tea at Realitea in Ripon.
5 star, would recommend.
5 star, would recommend.
If you see this, post a sword ⚔️
May 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you see this, post a sword ⚔️
What does it say about Labour in the UK that they didn’t do the same last week? 🤔🤷♀️🤦♀️
May 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What does it say about Labour in the UK that they didn’t do the same last week? 🤔🤷♀️🤦♀️
Why is this even a headline? Cheap and irrelevant.
April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why is this even a headline? Cheap and irrelevant.
Grouchy Yorkshire woman time… how much?! (£22)
March 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Grouchy Yorkshire woman time… how much?! (£22)
I know it should stay “there” but…
February 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I know it should stay “there” but…
Are there a lot of things up there?
Yes.
Is one of those things a cat?
Also yes.
Yes.
Is one of those things a cat?
Also yes.
February 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are there a lot of things up there?
Yes.
Is one of those things a cat?
Also yes.
Yes.
Is one of those things a cat?
Also yes.
Me telling Amazon why I’m cancelling Prime…
January 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Me telling Amazon why I’m cancelling Prime…
I appreciate that on video sharing sites, you can change the playback speed, but they also need an option to drop the speaker’s voice an octave or so…
January 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I appreciate that on video sharing sites, you can change the playback speed, but they also need an option to drop the speaker’s voice an octave or so…